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minus-squareSkua@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down11·9 months agoNo, demanding your neighbours all remain weak enough for you to continue bullying is not perfectly reasonable at all
minus-squareumbrella@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down14·9 months agoas opposed to having your biggest aggressor right in your doorstep?
minus-squareSkua@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down12·9 months agoAll of the countries near Russia that joined NATO did so because they already have their biggest aggressor on their doorsteps.
minus-squareumbrella@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down15·9 months agoso afraid that they based their energy grids on russian fuel
minus-squareSkua@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down9·9 months agoIf buying stuff from the other side is your yardstick, NATO clearly wasn’t a threat to Russia. Germany, Italy, France, and America were all some of Russia’s largest import sources in 2021.
minus-squareumbrella@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down14·9 months agowhich all sounds really dumb if russia was that big of an aggressor in the first place. either that or you know, they werent.
minus-squarewildncrazyguy@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down8·9 months agoYep, those Russian tanks that crossed into Ukrainian sovereign land were tanks of peace.
minus-squaremindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·9 months agoOh cool, then neither is aggressor. Since they were both doing business with each other. Because apparently that’s how it works.
minus-squareumbrella@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·9 months agoThen whats the fucking problem. Why provoke this useless war with russia?
minus-squaremindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoFunctionally illiterate troll does not understand “your argument is self-defeating nonsense” unless it’s spelled out. And I’m putting a lot of faith in the implication you understand it even now.
minus-squaremindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·9 months agoYes. Creating co-dependencies and peacetime ties, in hopes of keeping relations normal and peaceful.
minus-squareumbrella@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·9 months agoso save a couple of things, almost exactly as they have been before motherfuckers started provoking war with russia
minus-squaremindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoBelligerently existing near the border, how dare they. Did you see what they were wearing?
minus-squareumbrella@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-29 months agoyeah lets put the worlds biggest aggressor’s army right at their doorstep. that oughtta make them happy.
No, demanding your neighbours all remain weak enough for you to continue bullying is not perfectly reasonable at all
as opposed to having your biggest aggressor right in your doorstep?
All of the countries near Russia that joined NATO did so because they already have their biggest aggressor on their doorsteps.
so afraid that they based their energy grids on russian fuel
If buying stuff from the other side is your yardstick, NATO clearly wasn’t a threat to Russia. Germany, Italy, France, and America were all some of Russia’s largest import sources in 2021.
which all sounds really dumb if russia was that big of an aggressor in the first place. either that or you know, they werent.
Yep, those Russian tanks that crossed into Ukrainian sovereign land were tanks of peace.
Oh cool, then neither is aggressor. Since they were both doing business with each other. Because apparently that’s how it works.
Then whats the fucking problem. Why provoke this useless war with russia?
Functionally illiterate troll does not understand “your argument is self-defeating nonsense” unless it’s spelled out.
And I’m putting a lot of faith in the implication you understand it even now.
Yes. Creating co-dependencies and peacetime ties, in hopes of keeping relations normal and peaceful.
so save a couple of things, almost exactly as they have been before motherfuckers started provoking war with russia
Belligerently existing near the border, how dare they. Did you see what they were wearing?
yeah lets put the worlds biggest aggressor’s army right at their doorstep.
that oughtta make them happy.
Word salad.